^16 (A)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

¹⁸ He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, ^(A)“You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council^{[a] (A)}were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, ⁶⁰ but they found none, ^(B)though many false witnesses came forward. At last ^(C)two came forward

Laws Concerning Witnesses

¹⁵ “A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. ^(A)Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established. ¹⁶ If ^(B)a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, ¹⁷ then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, ^(C)before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. ¹⁸ The judges shall ^(D)inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, ^19 (E)then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil^[a] from your midst. ²⁰ And the rest ^(F)shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. ^21 (G)Your eye shall not pity. ^(H)It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

23 ^(A)“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a ^(B)malicious witness.

^11 (A)Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.^[a] The one who speaks against a brother or ^(B)judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.